Monday, June 25, 2012

Epirote War Elephant - 30mm Flat

Here's last week's painting, from a set by Lampert (Frankfurter Zinnfiguren), Die Elefanten des Pyrrhus. It's the only one of the set I have, no matter since this elephant works for any Hellenistic army if we don't obsess over the accuracy of shield patterns. As always, painted in acrylics.

I have one more unpainted elephant, a great, well-armored Seleucid beast. I'll hold off on painting it though, need to work on more infantry and cavalry now. Too many elephants and my army will be like Germans top-heavy with Tiger tanks. The Macedonian infantry and cavalry castings have arrived from Heinrichsen. Now I have enough figures to finish the first phalanx, a dozen left to paint. Should be done in 2-3 weeks.

Thanks, Dean & Simon. And I agree, flats have kind of a nostalgiac appeal. Lampert is relatively new on the scene, but I think many of the 100 year old designs still retain great appeal, even when they don't measure up to modern standards in historical accuracy.

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My name is Steve Cady. My vocation is manufacturing operations, currently in the medical device industry. But I've been a history buff since childhood and very fond of painting military miniatures. I'm also a big fan of the Daisenryaku video games.